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Formosan Chinese skink Collection Image, Figure 1, Total 10 Figures
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Formosan Chinese skink
  • species_info
    • english title:Formosan Chinese skink
    • scientific_name:Plestiodon chinensis formosensis
    • DIVISION:Chordata
    • subphylum:Vertebrata
    • class:Reptilia
    • subclass:Eureptilia
    • orders:Squamata
    • suborder:Lacertilia
    • family:Scincidae
    • subfamily:Scincinae
    • genus:Plestiodon
    • species:chinensis
    • subspecies:formosensis
    • species_author:Gray
    • species_pub_year:1838
    • subspecies_author:(Van Denburgh)
    • subspecies_pub_year:1912
    • common name
      • common name english:Chinese skink, Common skink, Formosan Chinese skink
  • collection_content
    • collection_info
      • quantity:1
    • collection_feature
      • S-V length:113  mm
      • Tail length:101  mm
    • collection_record
      • catalog no:TMRL0007
      • CAT_NO:RE.0115
  • gdesc_info
    • GDESC:  本標本為浸液標本,吻肛長11.3公分,尾長10.1公分,尾部斷過後再生。
        本種為臺灣特有亞種。體型肥胖,四肢發達,全身鱗片光滑,吻肛長最大可達13公分,頭頸部側面常有橘紅色斑紋,體背為褐色或灰褐色,鱗片邊緣黑色,腹部呈黃白色,幼體於背部有四條淡色縱帶,體側有大形暗色或黃褐色的大型斑塊,尾部長且呈圓柱形,常帶有藍色,尾長最大約為吻肛長的1.11倍,尾下有一列大形鱗片。
        棲息在全島低海拔的草叢或森林邊緣。喜於較開闊的開墾地、草生地及樹林邊緣活動,日行性,以昆蟲等小形節肢動物為食,尾部易自割,常將巢穴築於石下或樹根下之土洞中,卵生,母蜥有護卵及護幼的行為,每窩約可產卵5~12枚。

      (林俊聰撰)